WELLNESS WEBSITES

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

Browse by subject or audience.

Visit My Pyramid for posters, games, and activities.

http://www.mypyramid.gov/index.html

DOLE 5 A DAY

www.dole5aday.com

This fun, colorful website is changing to Dole Super Kids and will introduce new content and features, including new Spanish content. It currently includes everything from nutrition facts to games to music.

POWER PANTHER

http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhard/

Power Panther^TM is the spokescharacter for the Food and Nutrition Service's Eat Smart. Play Hard.^TM Campaign. This collection is divided into four main areas: Cool Stuff for Kids, Parents’ Place, Professional Tools, and Power Pac. It also contains materials in Spanish.

IDAHO DAIRY COUNCIL

http://www.idahodairycouncil.org/home.asp

A wealth of information, especially for parents and older students. Has recipes, exercise tips, healthy snack ideas, and Snackulator! – recipes to fit your personal snacking style: http://www.3aday.org/3ADay/Tools/snackulator.asp

The link to the National Dairy Council Tools for Schools includes an index of free downloadable educational materials. http://ww.nationaldairycouncil.org/nationaldairycouncil/tools

Another fun link is the Think Your Drink chart: http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/NR/rdonlyres/39CC5550-B445-4CFF-9003-9DDD3AD66799/0/Think_Your_Drink.pdf

BEEF COUNCIL

www.beefnutrition.org/matehealthyschoolnutrition.aspx

Has handouts, classroom activity sheets, resources on health and nutrition, food safety information, and related links, including Teachfree.com, which provides preschool through 12th grade educators with educational materials that supplement the curriculum. Resources can also be downloaded for use in the classroom.

http://www.teachfree.com/

HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS RESOURCE SYSTEM

http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov

The Selected Search of the HSMRS Resource Café is a search engine that returns dozens of related resources.

http://grande.nal.usda.gov/schoolmeals/Resource_Cafe/resourcesearch.php

THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Curricular Support for HIV/AIDS/Health Education webpage contains useful

educational information:

http://www.sde.state.id.u/instruct/health/hiv.asp

Child Nutrition webpage http://www.sde.st.id.us/child/ has links to numerous other featured sites including Kellogg, Dole, Nabisco, and Campbell’s Soup. A fun way to study nutritional information is to use the Create-A-Dish Nutrition Calculator: http://www.pfwholegrains.com/CreateADish.aspx

KIDS AND NUTRITION

http://www.ext.nodak.edu/food/kidsnutrition/

Has dozens of links that provide fun, educational activities and information for children, teenagers, parents/caregivers, and teachers.